Dr.B.R.Ambedkar on Nationalism and Notes on Indian History

Description

Set of two books published by Samvit Kendra Authored by Dr.Rahul.A.Shastry.

 Book 1: Dr.B.R.Ambedkar on Nationalism

This booklet presents Dr. Ambedkar’s analysis of the problems  of Indian Nationalism.
His thoughts on the problems of Indian  Nationalism are extremely clear sighted, well reasoned and  prescient. They must be studied by any serious scholar of Indian  nationalism and every Indian nationalist.  Dr. Ambedkar cites from Renan:  “A nation is a living soul, a spiritual principle”  “The nation, like the individual, is the outcome of a long past  of efforts, and sacrifices, and devotion. Ancestor-worship is  therefore, all the more legitimate ; for our ancestors have made  us what we are. A heroic past, great men, glory,- I mean glory of  the genuine kind,- these form the social capital, upon which a  national idea may be founded. To have common glories in the  past, a common will in the present; to have done great things  together, to will to do the like again,- such are the essential  conditions for the making of a people”.

Book 2:  Dr.B.R.Ambedkar on Nationalism – Notes on Indian History.
This supplementary booklet to ‘Dr.B.R.Ambedkar on  Nationalism’ consists of extracts from ‘Dr. Ambedkar’s  Pakistan or the Partition of India’. Babasahebji was well  aware of the foundational importance of his book for  Indian Nationalism. Writing about it, he said:  “… the reader will find that the book contains an  epitome of India’s political and social history during the  last twenty years, which it is necessary for every Indian  to know.”  “It is an analytical presentation of Indian history and  Indian politics in their communal aspects. …”

About the Author
Dr.Rahul A. Shastri – A Gold Medallist in MA (Economics), awardee of Nawab Ali  Yavar Jung Gold Medal, is a Ph.D. from Osmania University.  He was a Lecturer in Osmania University, Director of  Research Centre for International Business, CVR College of  Engineering, and was on the Guest Faculty, SMS, Hyderabad  He is currently the President of Samvit Kendra and  Jt.Director, National Akademi of Development (NAD).  He has published 27 research papers and articles in  different areas in Economics and also authored 3 books.